Knit mitten



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N. PETERS, PhohrLthogmphar. Washington. D. C.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. WAKEMAN, OF PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.

KNIT MITTEN.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 241,458, dated May 10, 1881.

Application filed November 13, 1880. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concern:

Y of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Knit Mittens, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to the manufacture of knit mittens and similar knit articles.

The main object of my invention is to effect the widening of the fabric between the wrist and thumb of a mitten in such a way that the rows of stitches of the hand and wrist shall be parallel throughout, and that the rows of `stitches of the thumbshall be continuations of rows of stitches ofthe main fabric. This I accomplish by a stepwise widening, each step representing several rounds. By this method of widenin g I also am enabled to readily shape the mitten to the hand in a comparatively inexpensive manner, and the gores formed" at the junctions of the plies of the fabric at the widened portion are also very strong. i

In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I have illustrated in the annexed drawings a knit mitten embodying the same, and will proceed to describe such mitten and the best mode of making it at present knownV to me. i

Figure l represents the completed knit mitten. Fig. 2 represents a partially-iinished mitteu ready to have the thumb knit on.

In manufacturing my improved knit mittens on a straight-knittin g machine the fabric is begun at the wrist end, and the plies for the in order to shape the fabric to the hand on the thumb side, and preferably, also, to some extent on the other` side', it is gradually widened in the following manner: An additional needle is picked up on each corner, and the knitting proceeded with for several rounds-say i five rounds, more or less-with these additional needles, thus extending the fabric for several rounds with parallel sides, and widening it by two rows of stitches. Again, an additional needle is picked up at each'corner, and the fabric again extended parallelly for several rounds. This widens the fabrici'n most cases sufliciently on the side opposite to the thumb side, but on the thumb side the widening is continued; hence, after the lastmentioned rounds have been knit,an additional needle (one for each ply) is picked up on the thumb side, widening the fabric on this side still further to the extent of one row of stitches for several rounds. Thus lthe widening on the thumb side is continued in the stepwise manner set forth until the fabric is knit up to the line a', where the thumb is to be joined to it. As many needles as may be deemed expedient are then thrown off on the thumb side, after which the knitting ofthe fabric may be continued with a uniform width to furnish the Vrequired length, and then narrowed toa point in the usual manner. A cut is then made across fthe fabric on the line w by picking out threads across as many rows of stitches as will, together with the rows of stitches already terminating on line x, give thenumber of rows required for the thumb. The loops of the cut thus made, and those on line .fr on both sides of the fabric, are then put on the requisite number of needles and the thumb is knit on, commencing at its base, the rows of stitches in the thumb running parallel to and forming a continuation of those forming the body of the mitten, the line of junction being imperceptible, except on the closest inspection. The mitten may then be completed by separatingthe plies at the wrist end, and suitably binding or otherwise securing the edge.

It will be observed that the rows of stitches' of the thumb are continuations ofthe parallel rows of stitches of the wrist and hand.

In consequence of the hereinbefore-described stepwise widening, the gores at the junctions of the plies at the widening are made very strong, since the weak points are separated by several rounds of knitting, and not in continuous lines, as is the case where widening is effected by picking up needles every halfround.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new isl. A knit mitten widened stepwise from the uniform width of the wrist, substantially as before set forth, each widenin g step consisting of several rounds.

2. A knit mitten in which the rows of roo 

